Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Carlos Giménez and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) introduced legislation to incorporate the Osceola Camp into Miccosukee Reserved Area (MRA). Incorporating the Osceola Camp into the MRA would improve the Tribe's ability to govern and facilitate the raising of the camp to optimize water flows to the Everglades National Park without affecting residences at Osceola Camp. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. The legislation is endorsed by Miccosukee Tribe Chairman Talbert Cypress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Carlos A. Giménez questioned witnesses in a full Homeland Security Committee hearing entitled An Unbearable Price: The Devastating Human Costs of the Biden-Mayorkas Border Crisis to examine the human costs of President Biden's border disaster and the continued dereliction of duty by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that has transformed every state in the union, no matter how far, into a border state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Congressional Peru Caucus announced that Congressman Carlos Giménez (FL-28) and Representative Robert Garcia (CA-48) as new co-chairs of the caucus following the departure of former co-chairs Representatives Chris Stewart and Gregory Meeks.
(Washington D.C.) - Today, Congressman Carlos A. Giménez issued the following statement on Speaker McCarthy's decision to pursue a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden:
"There's plenty of smoke coming out of the White House which justifies an impeachment inquiry," said Congressman Carlos A. Giménez. "As a career firefighter paramedic, I know firsthand that where there is smoke, there is fire."
(Key West, FL) - Today, Florida Keys Congressman Carlos A. Giménez released the following statement on the passing of Key West legend Jimmy Buffett:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Carlos A. Giménez and his wife Lourdes joined Monroe County Mayor Craig Cates, Mayor Pro Tem Holly Merrill Raschein, Commissioners David Rice, Michelle Lincoln and Jim Scholl, County Administrator Roman Gastessi, Assistant County Attorney Pedro Mercado, and Airport Director Richard Strickland at Key West International Airport to see the repaired Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) he secured federal funding for last year.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Carlos Giménez (FL-28) and Rep. Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) led the introduction of the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act which would require publicly traded companies to review and disclose any links that their products may have to Uyghur forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is estimated that over 100,000 Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities are forced to work in Xinjiang for goods ranging from clothing to technology, tainting our supply chains with forced labor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Carlos A. Giménez questioned witnesses in a full Homeland Security Committee hearing entitled Biden and Mayorkas' Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America to examine the reckless open-border policies put in place by the Biden Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Biden Administration's failure to defend our Homeland has created a historic, humanitarian disaster at the border and poisoned thousands of Americans with deadly fentanyl.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Carlos A. Giménez chaired a hearing of the Homeland Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security entitled Strategic Competition in the Arctic to examine current and future security threats in the region and the best ways for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to respond and address these threats.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Carlos Giménez applauds the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fully fund our military through Fiscal Year 2024.